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Parallel Finance’s $300 Million Crowdloan Secured Fourth Slot in the Polkadot Parachain Auction

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2021

Parallel Finance, a new decentralized lending and staking protocol on Polkadot and Ethereum, has successfully secured the fourth slot in the Polkadot Parachain auctions. More than 30,000 contributors have contributed a total of 10.75 million Polkadot (DOT) tokens during the […]

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Crypto tech startup izumi Finance raises $3.5M in Series A funding led by DeFi and crypto investors

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2021

Investments in the crypto space are at record levels. As mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies grows, investors are pouring billions of dollars into decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFT startups. With millions of people now investing in cryptocurrencies, one of the hottest […]

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Chingari Planning to Smash Records With the Blockchain’s Biggest Ever IDO

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2021

We covered Chingari back in October after the video-sharing app was getting ready for its public token sale. Chingari app started off in 2018 as an Indian version of the Tik Tok app for sharing and creating short videos. But it was a […]

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Amazon fined a record $1.3 billion by Italy’s antitrust watchdog for its abuse of market dominance

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2021

Italy’s antitrust regulator has been working on overdrive to rein in on a handful of US big tech companies abusing their monopolies. Late last month, Italy’s watchdog fined Apple and Google 10 million euros ($11.2 million) each for what it described […]

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Flint Capital closes its second $100M venture fund to help high-tech companies from Europe and Israel to enter the U.S. market

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2021

Flint Capital, a Boston-based international venture capital fund, announced today it has closed its second venture fund, which will invest $103 million to help high-tech companies from Europe and Israel to enter the U.S. market. By the beginning of 2022, $40 […]

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Delivery tech startup FastAF closes Series A funding to deliver premium essentials from the world’s best brands in 2 hours or less; now valued at $200 million

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2021

Just when you think the delivery space is getting crowded, investors continue to pour millions into the space hoping to find the next big winner. Millions of people now spend more time at home and make their purchases online instead […]

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Logistics tech startup TrueNorth bags $50M in Series B Funding to reshape and disrupt the $514.7 billion trucking industry

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2021

The trucking industry is a big component of the global economy. It facilitates the movement of goods and materials from one place to another. The freight trucking market in the U.S. is estimated at $514.7 billion in the year 2021. On […]

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Elon Musk warns: “Civilization is going to crumble” unless people have more children; wants people to have more babies

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2021

Just when you think you’ve had enough of Elon Musk in one day, the most loved billionaire on the Internet is back with another controversial statement that’s not going to sit well with climate alarmists. Musk says “civilization is going […]

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Elon Musk says CEO is a “made-up title” and many corporate titles “don’t mean anything”

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2021

Tesla CEO and the world’s richest person said today that “chief executive officer” is a “made-up title” and that many corporate titles “don’t mean anything.” Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council, Musk also railed against a Biden administration spending bill […]

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Meet OceanHero, a new search engine that has helped recover 23 million ocean-bound plastic bottles

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2021

The health of our oceans is at a tipping point with unprecedented plastic pollution and damage to marine life and ecosystems. Covering 71% of our planet and containing 96% of all of our water, the health of our oceans is […]

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Ethereum infrastructure startup Polygon joined forces with Wanchain to usher in a new era of blockchain interoperability

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2021

2021 is a blockbuster year for Ethereum–a decentralized opensource platform that enables developers to build decentralized applications (dApps) and deploy smart contracts that employ blockchain technology. However, as the mainstream Ethereum adoption continues to grow, a new problem began to emerge: scalability. As […]

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CEO of this unicorn tech startup fired 900 hundred employees over Zoom just days after receiving $750 million in cash

Nickie Louise Posted On December 6, 2021

In May, fintech startup and online mortgage lender Better.com announced it was going public via a SPAC deal with Aurora Acquisition Corp. in a deal that valued Better at $7.7 billion. However, the SPAC merger is now in question after a […]

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Mariah Carey-backed music startup Geojam’s $JAM token lifts off from Lattice Launchpad after $5.9 million private sale

Nickie Louise Posted On December 6, 2021

Back in March, we wrote about Geojam after the Mariah Carey-backed music startup launched its Emerging Artist Program to reward fans and support emerging artists. Similar to Songclip, Geojam is a social music community that connects fans, artists, influencers, and brands. In fact, […]

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Tesla is hiring hardcore AI engineers to work on Tesla Bot, Autopilot, Neural Networks, Autonomy Algorithms, and other cool stuff

Nickie Louise Posted On December 6, 2021

Why advertise on job boards when you can get your message in front of 100 million social media fans? That’s how Elon Musk has been able to recruit the best and the brightest people to work for his companies. With […]

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Gaming tech startup Tamatem Games Raises $11 million in Series B funding for its Arabic mobile games

Nickie Louise Posted On December 6, 2021

Arabic is one of the widely spoken languages around the world. Today, it is estimated that there are more than 420 million Arabic speakers globally with 30 different dialects. Egypt has the highest population of Arabic speakers with the highest population of […]

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Hackers stole $196 million from crypto exchange startup Bitmart in a ‘large-scale security breach’

Nickie Louise Posted On December 5, 2021

Cryptocurrency hackers strike again. Last August, hackers stole over $90 million worth of crypto coins from the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid. The crypto startup also said that some of its digital currency wallets had been “compromised,” and that hackers were transferring the […]

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Bitcoin crashes below $42,000 from its all-time high price of $68,564.40; lost $9,000 in under an hour with $400 billion wiped off crypto market

Nickie Louise Posted On December 4, 2021

Bitcoin has been defying the law of gravity for over three weeks now. But not for too long. What goes up must come down. In just an hour, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency lost $9,000 and fell as low as […]

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EdTech startup Stride Funding lands $12M Series A to break financial barriers to education and provide alternative funding for higher education

Nickie Louise Posted On December 3, 2021

In the past 20 years, the average cost of college in the United States has tripled to $35,720 per student per year, with an annual growth rate of 6.8%. Even with all the scholarships available, the rising cost has put thousands […]

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Watch: How India built 21,000 miles of roadways using recycled plastic waste

Nickie Louise Posted On December 3, 2021

Plastic pollution is a huge problem around the world. Even though many western nations have banned the use of plastic bags, developing countries in Africa and Asia still use plastic bags. The situation is no different in India, a country […]

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Chinese EV tech startup Hycan is raising $300 million in funding as investors chase next electric car winner

Nickie Louise Posted On December 3, 2021

Hycan, a GAC and Nio-backed Chinese electric car startup, is reportedly on the verge of raising $300 million in another round of funding as investors pour billions of dollars into the electric car space. In an interview with Evelyn Cheng of CNBC during […]

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